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Sarah Padilla danced for six years at Sugar’s Gentlemen’s Club in San Antonio, where she says she had to pay a fee of at least $45 each shift and share with managers and staff the tips customers paid her. There were times Padilla, 26, left the club having made no money, requiring her to dip into her own pocketbook to pay the “mandatory” $20 to each of the managers and staffers. “It angers me how much these people (clubs and owners) get away with and not only are they robbing these girls of their money but damaging them mentally and emotionally by making them work under these one-sided pay conditions,” Padilla said. “The truth about the ‘glamorous big-buck lifestyle’ is an illusion. I just think that it is very important to shed some light on this issue.” Padilla has sued Sugar’s and its principals, alleging she and other dancers were never paid the federally mandated minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, were unlawfully charged … [Read more...] about San Antonio exotic dancers allege they’ve been stripped of wages

Daniel Howes The Detroit News Published 11:30 PM EST Feb 13, 2019 General Motors Co. so far this week named yet another director from the defense industry and chose not to deny that it and Amazon.com Inc. are in talks to invest in Rivian Automotive LLC, a Plymouth-based maker of the RT1 electric pickup truck. The two apparently disparate pieces of corporate news may have more connection than meets the eye, especially for Detroit auto folks accustomed to looking at GM through a traditional lens. With each passing week, the words “traditional” and GM increasingly don’t belong in the same sentence. Start with GM’s directors. In comparatively short order, the 13-member board is morphing into a leadership group imbued more with technical, strategic and national security capability than the general business chops of old. That's precisely what a legacy automaker needs to make astute bets on the Auto 2.0 future of autonomy, mobility and … [Read more...] about GM leaders morph to meet tech challenge

Candice Williams The Detroit News Published 12:15 AM EST Feb 11, 2019 Hamtramck — Zlatan Sadikovic wanted to take a leap in life. The Huntington Woods resident was looking for a place he could afford in an urban environment where he could live and work. Sadikovic found it in a 3,000-square-foot rundown building on Jos. Campau. After two years and a complete overhaul, he opened up a coffee shop, Oloman Cafe, in late 2016. “I’m happy being here,” Sadikovic said while standing by floor-to-ceiling windows in his loft overlooking Hamtramck’s downtown. “I plan to stay here a long time. I hope the community is going to grow and things will be better in the coming years. It’s obvious we’re heading that way.” Sadikovic, 58, is among the recent entrepreneurs joining Hamtramck’s diverse mix of businesses. From dessert shops, cocktail bars to cafés and reclaimed wood designers, business owners … [Read more...] about ‘New blood’ helps refresh Hamtramck business scene

Maggie Haberman, Sharon LaFraniere and Ben Protess, New York Times 6:25 pm PST, Monday, January 14, 2019 President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) less President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. ... more Photo: Patrick Semansky, Associated Press Photo: Patrick Semansky, Associated Press Image 1 of / 88 Caption Close Image 1 of 88 President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th … [Read more...] about At Trump’s Inauguration, $10,000 for Makeup and Lots of Room Service